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As portion of the internationalisation of higher education, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has approved 18 nationalist and backstage universities successful Karnataka to participate into Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with overseas universities to connection twinning, associated degrees and dual degrees.
The UGC has released a database of universities eligible to connection these, which person National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) A+ and A++ grades.
Karnataka has permitted overseas universities to found their campuses successful the State. The United Kingdom (U.K.)-based University of Liverpool is already acceptable to commencement functioning from the adjacent world twelvemonth and has begun admissions. Others, specified arsenic Lancaster University, person signed MoU with the State authorities to commencement functioning.
In addition, galore overseas universities person started probe centres successful nationalist and backstage universities, including the U.K.-based University of Wolverhampton, which has started a probe centre astatine Bengaluru City University. The Imperial School of London has taken steps to commencement a probe centre.
Foreign universities that are incapable to unfastened campuses oregon probe centres successful the State person been allowed to connection twinning programmes, associated degrees and dual degrees successful collaboration with universities here.
Eligible universities
According to the UGC list, the eligible universities are Bangalore University, Manipal Academy for Higher Education, PES University, Nitte University, KLE Academy of Higher Education and Research, Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandana Sansthan, Alliance University, Rewa University, M.S. Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, J.S.S. Academy of Higher Education and Research, Karnataka State Open University, Dayananda Sagar University, Sri Siddhartha Academy of Higher Education, Yenepoya University, University of Agricultural Sciences-Bangalore, Christ University, Jain University and Adichunchanagiri University.
They person been allowed to connection degrees successful Economics, Maths and Science.
The programmes
Under the twinning programme, immoderate pupil tin survey immoderate people for 2 years successful a autochthonal assemblage and past spell to a overseas assemblage for the 3rd year. A dual grade programme allows a pupil to gain 2 abstracted degrees by studying 2 antithetic fields, 1 astatine a autochthonal assemblage and different 1 from a overseas assemblage astatine the aforesaid time. Under a associated grade programme, students volition awarded done integrated curricula by antithetic universities astatine the aforesaid time.
Speaking to The Hindu, Higher Education Minister Dr. M.C. Sudhakar said, “The authorities has taken steps to marque higher acquisition international, and galore overseas universities person already signed agreements with the State authorities and started operations. We person requested overseas universities that person not started campuses successful the State to motion an MoU with section universities and connection associated degrees oregon dual degrees”.
Research centres
“Many overseas universities person started probe centres successful the State and person emphasised prime education. The University of Wales Trinity Saint David of the U.K. has entered into agreements with 8 nationalist universities successful the State to acceptable up probe centres. That University volition supply a full of £37,000 successful funding, with each assemblage receiving £4,500. The State authorities volition screen the remaining amount. In addition, steps person besides been taken to acceptable up module speech programmes with overseas universities,” helium added.
